Metal Gear Solid 5 - prequel starring Raiden?

As Kojima was mentioning the distinction between Japanese designer driven games and Western technology driven games, he mentioned that he felt that a combination of the two methods should be used. He stated that this was the direction that he felt Metal Gear should go, and as the animation played out, a frame stopped with large letters stating: the next MGS. The startling thing was standing behind these words – a conceptual figure of Raiden stood behind this phrase with his back turned towards the screen. It was tiny, but it was distinctly the cyber ninja.

i would love a welcome change. if they are going to put raiden on the fifth one then it probably has some stealth mechanics and a more ninja like movement and skills ala ninja gaiden. SWEET! i'm starting to like it already. bring it on kojima san! bring it on!

Honestly, I think a spinoff series starring Raiden with Kojima's team working with Team Ninja would be absolutely amazing if done right. Typical MGS stealth, story, cinematics and some cool guns (even if their use gets toned down some) along with NG close combat fighting, ninja maneuverability and a range of awesome melee weapons.

i love raiden, especially on mgs4. now i know why kojima gave a lot of emphasis on raiden's story also making him a hero in the end and not letting him die, even though he was almost crushed to death.

just imagine guys, the graphic quality of uncharted 2 and killzone 2 and the gameplay of mgs4, ninja gaiden and assassins creed(i know kojima is interested in that game too) combined! man then we've got another killer exclusive on our hands. SWEET!

Please, please, please, please let this be. This is what I wanted. I wanted to use Raiden in Metal Gear Solid 4, but I didn't get to. I wasn't angry because that Vamp fight that Raiden had was awesome and everytime he appeared in the scene I my eyes glistened and widen very large.

Ever since MGS 3 I've been thinking in my head how awesome it would be if there was a prequel for The Boss, she could be like the ultimate stealth person since she taught Big Boss and she also helped develop CQC Bubbles for bringing that up :)

If there is a MGS5 and if it is about Raiden, it'll be a prequel set between 2 and 4. Don't expect to play as ninja raiden too much - in mgs4, Raiden is really not very happy about his being a ninja and what has happened since then or about how he became the ninja which leads me to think...

The story could be about him coming to terms with the fact that he was manipulated in MGS2 by the Patriots system and then deciding to get revenge and save Olga's daughter. Somewhere along the way he gets taken prisoner (prob in the process of saving Sunny) and then he gets experimented on and starts to really go insane from his humanity being taken away from him.

This also would make the gameplay more metal gear solid-like than ninja anything-like. It would probably be a stealth action game like all the other MGSs(although Raiden was using a sword at the end of MGS2 so who knows)

The game could take place right after the Big Shell Incident, and start where Metal Gear Solid 2 left off. There's a 7 year time gap between MGS2 and MGS4, so there's plenty of story that can be told.

I don't think the controls would have to be like a Ninja Game if you were playing as Cyborg Ninja Raiden because he could easily be stealthy and handle a gun like he normally would. Plus, this is Metal Gear Solid, the heart and soul of Metal Gear has always been stealth, so it's not like a Metal Gear game with Cyborg Ninja Raiden is going to turn into something like Ninja Gaiden.

I'd love to find out how Raiden became the Cyborg Ninja, and why he did it, and a Prequel starring Raiden could tell all.